MCAT: King of the Curve

This app is exactly what I needed to stay accountable. This whole COVID situation has had an impact on my motivation, as I'm sure it has for many other pre-meds. As such, I was looking for something to keep me motivated and accountable. Since I've been glued to my phone for the past month, I decided it would be beneficial to delete all social media apps and put this one on my home screen. Probably the most sound decision I've made lately. I still have about 6 months to go before test date. This app sets up a 30 or 60 day study plan for you. I'm using the 30 day plan to jump-start my studies. With the seemingly overwhelming quantity of information to review, it's nice to have some guidance and take some of the planning work out of the equation. Beneficial for every pre-med looking at taking the exam soon. Yes, you'll need supplemental material, but it's definitely a good way to jump start the journey.

Love this app for quick questions here and there when I can’t bust out my full study setup. The questions are great at helping you identify subject areas you need to work on which is huge for the MCAT as there’s so much content. They have plenty of documents/visuals associated with major subjects on the MCAT which is also really helpful. I do think the flash card area needs some work. If I study one deck that I made, buttons similar to anki pop up where I can decide to repeat the card in one minute, 10 minutes, or 4 days. However when I try to select multiple decks this feature disappears. The feature also does not exist for their pre loaded decks, and for this reason I’ve been using anki instead of the feature in app. Deck management is also difficult. I accidentally made two decks with the same name and I can’t delete one or transfer the cards to another deck. The game feature is really fun if you have other friends also studying for the MCAT. It gives trivia crack vibes! However if you don’t, it’s extremely hard to play with another user as most won’t play back. I think they need to improve their notification system for that.

My reason for a 5 star review is their “Question of the Day” feature, which gives you a streak for every day you get the question right, and let’s you see your standings vs all the other students on the app. After the question, you get an explanation as to which answer choice was correct and why the rest were wrong. This feature ropes me in daily and then motivates me to sit there and answer at least few more questions through their other game modes. Why I said “getting there” is because when I first downloaded the app, it was relatively new and the UI was not nearly as nice as it is now. On top of that, a lot of questions did not have full explanations, which over time has stopped happening. I’ve experienced all these changes while being a free user. This app is still relatively new, but at the rate it is improving, it will definitely become one of the most powerful mobile tools you can utilize in studying for your MCAT.